hudson ##s were withdrawn to darwin but head ##lam and his staff remained at pen ##fu ##i to enable the base to be used by aircraft during reconnaissance missions from australia . on 18 february , head ##lam was ordered to evacuate all his personnel except a small party to demo ##lish the airfield with assistance from sparrow force . he returned to darwin the following day , just as the city experienced its first raid by the japanese . four of no . 2 squadron ' s hudson ##s were destroyed in the attack ; the remainder were relocated to daly waters , where they continued to carry out reconnaissance and bombing missions against japanese targets in timor . head ##lam remained in darwin as controller of
hudsons were withdrawn to darwin but headlam and his staff remained at penfui to enable the base to be used by aircraft during reconnaissance missions from australia. on 18 february, headlam was ordered to evacuate all his personnel except a small party to demolish the airfield with assistance from sparrow force. he returned to darwin the following day, just as the city experienced its first raid by the japanese. four of no. 2 squadron's hudsons were destroyed in the attack ; the remainder were relocated to daly waters, where they continued to carry out reconnaissance and bombing missions against japanese targets in timor. headlam remained in darwin as controller of